anyone in to classic cars me and the fatther in law have a few


2 vanden plas 4 litre r's
72 vauxhall viva
59 vauxhall victor
austin cambridge
2 xr4i's (not classics yet)
austin maxi 2
reliant scimatar gte
and my 65 roiver p6 sooon to be another 4 for spares and maybe a couple of sd1's

 

Went to Edinburgh last Sunday with a trailer on the back of my K plate Tranny (Backbone of Britain) to pick up a 1974 Vauxhall Viva. Its in need of some work but its sitting as a bare shell at the moment waiting for its floor to be shot blasted tomorrow.

 

4 r's are minty.. an arse to keep running right apprently though.. love rover P4's and p5's.. but thats more cos im into banger racing than anything else to be honest a mates dad had a sd1 years and years ago.. was the first car id ever been over 100mph in

 

Not so much me but my father had loads when he was still alive. Rover P6, P5, 90, 100. Austin westminsters, Mk2, Mk10, S type jags. Vauxhall victors, viva's and vx. At one point he had 14 classic cars on our drive when I was a child. All tested an ready to go. Still have a Rover P6 in my mothers garage that was his. Just gathering dust.
Along with all his cars and me and my 2 brothers it was busy house.

 

Austin Cambridge was the banger racers favorite, I raced one around a field as a kid. The one I'm most gutted about is the Sunbeam Alpine Roadster we used to race around the field, my Dad pinched it back for the engine as his mates commer camper van had blown up
My dad was a car trader and we got to use all the old trade ins, Austin A40 Countryman, Morris Minor traveler, Ford anglia, Corsair etc

Mark

 

My sisters father in law has an MGB GT with less than 1000 miles on it . He has some others as well, forget what. Couple of old motorbikes as well

 

Do u want a Dolomite
Never raced or rallied
Only let you down when u most need it ....

 

Me old mans got a 1936 Austin Seven, and a 1956 morris Commercial LC5 pick up which has been in use near on every day for the last 20 years he's owned it.

 

i saw an SD1 parked up in hatfield the other day looked like that 2wd crystal blue colour!!! smart barge!

 

My old man has 2 Rover 16s, one he has just got back on the road and the other is in need of a full resto.

We even got the engine to run the other day on the resto car

Steve.

 

My old man has a "V" reg xr4i, with 4 litre(TVR) V8 in it, was out oif his ROVER sd1 which was demo car for the KAT bodykit people.
He had a P6 awsome car IMO a 2200TC british racing green with spare wheel on boot.
I had a corsair 2000e, love the older cars better, my favs are MORRIS MARINA 1.8 SUPER TC, estate, Rover p6, citroen DS20.
tabetha

 

hes just had his distributer re built and its running like a dream

 

his what

 

Cheat like me and use spell check.
tabetha

 

My mates got about 14 Austin 3 litres in various states of disrepair around his yard, also 5 fire engines, 3 buses, and 5 or 6 old lorries too

 

I know someone who does miltary old vehicles etc, has a few LANDCRABS, whatever they are ?, I have seen his tanks/stalwarts/apc/scorpion etc and his antar and diamond T.
tabetha

 

Can you forward me some pictures of this please? Is he in any clubs or anything specifically for commercials? The old man started out life as a diesel mechanic on stuff like that when he left school [before moving into racing] and I've been thinking recently about getting him an old lorry for him to fuck about with [and keep him off my back].

 

Paddy

No probs i'll sort some out

 

ive only got a 2000 rover p6 but its a series 1 65

 

I seem to remember my dads P6 2200TC, had a FUEL TANK CHANGEOVER switch, or am I dreaming, his would have been a mid/late 70s.
tabetha

 

not sure mate mines is one of the first so i dont know you mean it had a tank like the jags??

 

I have a classic 1990 MR2

 

pics would spice this thread up something silly

 

https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...082&highlight=

thats my resto ive not got pics of the others some are in a bad way

 

Sell all that shite and buy some decent Fords !

 

ive got fords i ahve a s2 turbo a v6 mondy two transits an iveco and a few more escorts

 

I have owned a Morris Ital before now
Shit motoring like that makes you respect your feet